Eight men, four of them senior officials of a prominent company, have been arrested for the gangrape of a dancer in a hotel in Banthra, on the outskirts of Lucknow.
Eight men, four of them senior officials of a prominent company, have been arrested for the gangrape of a dancer in a hotel in Banthra, on the outskirts of Lucknow.
According to reports, the men had organised a private party and had invited two female dancers to dance on the occasion.
The men were in a highly inebriated condition when the girls began dancing. One of the men tried pulling one of the dancers, but she resisted and was injured in the scuffle. The men then took turns to rape her.
The other dancer managed to flee and informed the police, who then reached the spot and arrested the accused.
The police have seized the CCTV footage of the hotel. It is learnt that the majority of the hotels and resorts on the outskirts of the state capital allow indecent activities on their premises.
